In America, they decided to supplement the list of restrictions with respect to Russia. The initiative was distributed in the US Senate. Members of the upper house of Congress came to a common opinion on amending the bill, which provides for the expansion of sanctions against the Russian Federation.

As the head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Republican Robert Corker said, "this will be a comprehensive bill, it affects all aspects," the Washington Post quotes..

Thus, the senators participating in the discussion of this issue presented Russia with "three accounts" for the expansion of sanctions - for participation in wars in Ukraine and Syria, as well as for "interference in the presidential elections" in the US in 2016. This, according to the leader of the Senate minority Charles Schumer, "a powerful message from Russia and any other country that could try to intervene in the elections" in the US - "they will be punished".

An additional bill also suggests Congress's blocking of the president's attempts to ease sanctions against the Russian Federation and counter Russian propaganda in the United States and Europe.

The amendment on the restrictions will be "attached" to the draft bill on sanctions against Iran. According to it, the existing sanctions will be specified and new ones will be added.. The document is planned to be considered this week.